Sooooooooooooo, even though I have gone back and forth on my hair, my hair is officially cool in NY! This is really amazing! Several people have now told me this....so I just thought I would share that.
PS there are not a lot of blondes here
and almost none with short hair.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Weekends
Most people look foward to them, I can't tell you how many times I've heard, "TGIF...haha" in my world, this is the equivalent being deaf. I do not like the weekends, for it reminds me that I am in a strange place. I am brave sometimes and explore the city, but some weekends, I am not brave and merely stroll through the streets finding little shops with unique pieces of memory for my brain.
This weekend I wasn't brave, next weekend? I hope so.
The city really never sleeps, but there is something very alive about that. In a way, you can never really feel quiet, because this city is up 24-7, so you can never beat it...time that is.
Now I am rambling....
This weekend I wasn't brave, next weekend? I hope so.
The city really never sleeps, but there is something very alive about that. In a way, you can never really feel quiet, because this city is up 24-7, so you can never beat it...time that is.
Now I am rambling....
Friday, January 23, 2009
hello AMBSUH!
So today was probably one of the most fun days I’ve had at TODAY. I got to participate in the Ambush Makeover segment, so I came in really early and was able to work closely with the producer in all aspects. We went out into the cheering crowd around 6:30 this morning with the camera crews and the host, Jill and Louis, the fabulous hair stylist and picked out our two ladies, it was so awesome! These ladies definitely deserved it and were so wonderful to be around. There is so much that goes into this segment and so many wonderful people working VERY hard behind the scenes, it was just so great to be a part of it.
I had to organize a lot and I ran around all crazy between the SNL floor, where we were doing hair and makeup and out TODAY floor, making sure that we had cards for the show and that the ladies were prepped and on time.
I also got to take pictures for TODAY’s facebook and again, just everyone is so amazing on the show and behind the scenes, very inspiring people.
I had to organize a lot and I ran around all crazy between the SNL floor, where we were doing hair and makeup and out TODAY floor, making sure that we had cards for the show and that the ladies were prepped and on time.
I also got to take pictures for TODAY’s facebook and again, just everyone is so amazing on the show and behind the scenes, very inspiring people.
Just having a fun time and loving what I'm doing!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The importance of logging and internships...duh!
January 21, 2009
So today was a great day at work. One of our interns called and said she wasn’t coming in, so I had to finish her project. Which can be hard, but what I’ve decided to do is just make sure I maintain a very positive attitude. So, I did just that and it was a success and I had a lot of fun with it. I also was assigned something I haven’t done before, but can't talk about it until it's done. I have really mastered logging this week, I may have already said this, but there is logging in a generic way, where you write the in and outpoints to responses and maybe describe some B Roll, and then there’s LOGGING, where you can take advantage of the fact that this is what the producer sees before they go into editing…so you can do all the previous mentioned things, but highlight dialogue that you think is really interesting and B Roll or shots that are aesthetically pleasing and can make the segment really light up! It can actually be really fun and let me just say, my typing skills are pretty top-notch right now.
I can’t believe it is almost Friday. I am going to a magazine party a the Empire Hotel on the 28th and am so excited about that, it makes me feel so “New York.” I’m also going to the opening of a new restaurant and I will have to find the name later, but how exciting is that? I invited Jess, one of the other interns to come with me, I just really like her and she is an absolute joy to be around. We really feed off of each other’s energy and have a great time together. Her school runs on quarters, so she is only here until March, which is a bummer.
Well, that sums up my week so far. So many wonderful things happened in the news, especially the inauguration of Barack Obama, which was so much fun to help with. I helped with the segment on the First Lady Fashion that aired last week, as far as their inaugural gowns, I think I already typed that up, but it was really amazing to see what Michelle Obama wore after doing the research. I loved both of her outfits, even though most people loved her outfit she wore to the swearing in ceremony more than they like her inaugural gown, but I loved both (I may be a little biased here though).
I love the Today Show and am learning more than I could’ve thought I would be able to take in. I truly understand the importance of an internship and being out in your field, getting hands-on experience, and why not get it from the cream-of-the-crop?
So today was a great day at work. One of our interns called and said she wasn’t coming in, so I had to finish her project. Which can be hard, but what I’ve decided to do is just make sure I maintain a very positive attitude. So, I did just that and it was a success and I had a lot of fun with it. I also was assigned something I haven’t done before, but can't talk about it until it's done. I have really mastered logging this week, I may have already said this, but there is logging in a generic way, where you write the in and outpoints to responses and maybe describe some B Roll, and then there’s LOGGING, where you can take advantage of the fact that this is what the producer sees before they go into editing…so you can do all the previous mentioned things, but highlight dialogue that you think is really interesting and B Roll or shots that are aesthetically pleasing and can make the segment really light up! It can actually be really fun and let me just say, my typing skills are pretty top-notch right now.
I can’t believe it is almost Friday. I am going to a magazine party a the Empire Hotel on the 28th and am so excited about that, it makes me feel so “New York.” I’m also going to the opening of a new restaurant and I will have to find the name later, but how exciting is that? I invited Jess, one of the other interns to come with me, I just really like her and she is an absolute joy to be around. We really feed off of each other’s energy and have a great time together. Her school runs on quarters, so she is only here until March, which is a bummer.
Well, that sums up my week so far. So many wonderful things happened in the news, especially the inauguration of Barack Obama, which was so much fun to help with. I helped with the segment on the First Lady Fashion that aired last week, as far as their inaugural gowns, I think I already typed that up, but it was really amazing to see what Michelle Obama wore after doing the research. I loved both of her outfits, even though most people loved her outfit she wore to the swearing in ceremony more than they like her inaugural gown, but I loved both (I may be a little biased here though).
I love the Today Show and am learning more than I could’ve thought I would be able to take in. I truly understand the importance of an internship and being out in your field, getting hands-on experience, and why not get it from the cream-of-the-crop?
Monday, January 19, 2009
This week***
I must say that beyond being excited to be a part of such an amazing time in history, with the inauguration of Barack Obama, I am thrilled to be behind the scenes with the Today Show. It is so amazing that I will some day, be able to tell my children that I was able to assist in some ways (though small) in the coverage of this historic moment.
I see a nation coming together and even those who maybe didn't vote for him, can still recognize what an important step this is for America.
I'm just....well...excited for this week.
I see a nation coming together and even those who maybe didn't vote for him, can still recognize what an important step this is for America.
I'm just....well...excited for this week.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
The subway, Vinny and Johnny
So, I have decided that I really like the subway. There is something really great about being able to travel underground and get to where we want to go, while enjoying the dark tunnels of the city. So, I like the subway. Some people worry about the subway or really actually despise it, but I will continue to thrive on the adventure (how touristy am I right now?)
So one of my roommates and one of the interns and I, went out to explore the city last night and stumbled upon a dance place. So we went in to check it out. These two girls are single and I am married, so it was an interesting experience to watch guys come up in groups and for me to be showing my ring (as the music was loud).
I did meet a Vinny and Johnny, which was part of completing my NY experience. Both very nice guys who took an interest in my girls and also stepped in to make sure any guys who didn't pay attention to me waving a ring in their face, would pay attention to their mafia glares. So, in another way NYC is very much like home. You have a mixture of guys who are gentlemen and some who need to go back to Mommy's house and retake their lessons.
I really had such a great time last night exploring more of the city and seeing more of everything that this place has to offer. I don't know how people can get bored here, there is so much to see and do all of the time.
Everyone kept asking if we were sisters...apparantely because we are all blonde, so after a while we just started saying "yes."
I've had numerous opportunities to tell people about the Idaho Youth Ranch since coming here too, which has been a really fun experience, because there really is no other place out there like the IYR. It's crazy to think that I have been involved with them for 8 years...8 years and they are like another family to me. I have so much support from my family and the IYR and my friends, I am the luckiest girl alive.
This is all still a dream and I can't wait to start week 8.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
2nd week wrap-up
WEll, my second week at the Today Show has not been anything less than awesome! I worked about 63 hours this week, but it only feels like parttime, because I am having so much fun as well as going a thousand miles an hour.
Now when most people go a thousand miles an hour, they want to slow down-it carries a negative connotation...however, I LOVE it, and don't want to slow down. This week I got to help out with 30 Rock and meet the crew as well as Jane Krakowski and Tracy Morgan. The whole team was a blast to work with and I got an inside look at the Production Management side of things. I worked closely with our (Today Show's) Production Manager and she is top of her game cool. She knows what she's doing.
I also was paired up with another producer this week and had such a blast with her. However, the plane went down here-you all know the one, that landed in the Hudson River and due to that I was able to experience the newsroom in the moment of BREAKING NEWS- everything shifts over to light speed and people running around. It was awful what happened, but I was able to see how the newsroom reacts and pulls together as a team to do our job.
Due to the fact that this all happened, my producer had to shift her focus over and I was able to conduct an interview for part of the segment as well as run some B-Roll footage...awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is so inspiring that I have such driven people around me and it only makes the fire in my heart for journalism brighter!
It has been an amazing time and I feel like I have been here longer. I still am in a trance while out in NYC-although I am proud to say that my pace blends in and I am no longer the tourist:)
This city is beyond words and I feel like I really fit in here-it's almost impossible not to fit in, beacuse there is so much diversity and such a variety of people here!
Well, that's been my week (in a nutshell) and I can't wait for Monday!
Now when most people go a thousand miles an hour, they want to slow down-it carries a negative connotation...however, I LOVE it, and don't want to slow down. This week I got to help out with 30 Rock and meet the crew as well as Jane Krakowski and Tracy Morgan. The whole team was a blast to work with and I got an inside look at the Production Management side of things. I worked closely with our (Today Show's) Production Manager and she is top of her game cool. She knows what she's doing.
I also was paired up with another producer this week and had such a blast with her. However, the plane went down here-you all know the one, that landed in the Hudson River and due to that I was able to experience the newsroom in the moment of BREAKING NEWS- everything shifts over to light speed and people running around. It was awful what happened, but I was able to see how the newsroom reacts and pulls together as a team to do our job.
Due to the fact that this all happened, my producer had to shift her focus over and I was able to conduct an interview for part of the segment as well as run some B-Roll footage...awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is so inspiring that I have such driven people around me and it only makes the fire in my heart for journalism brighter!
It has been an amazing time and I feel like I have been here longer. I still am in a trance while out in NYC-although I am proud to say that my pace blends in and I am no longer the tourist:)
This city is beyond words and I feel like I really fit in here-it's almost impossible not to fit in, beacuse there is so much diversity and such a variety of people here!
Well, that's been my week (in a nutshell) and I can't wait for Monday!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
A couple weeks in
January 14, 2008
Wow! I thought this blog would be easy to maintain and it is not right now;) Everything is absolutely thrilling here. I know I keep writing that and maybe that’s why I haven’t really been writing a lot, because it hasn’t changed.
The segment I helped with on Bret Michaels and Rock of Love aired Tuesday and it was so nice to be able to see a project all the way through again. The producer I work with is just amazing in every way and I look up to her very, very, very much.
Today I was in the control room for a bit helping to plan out some segments and things going on over the rest of the week. I also was able to talk to a couple of really great Prodcution Managers. They took the time to sit with me and talk to me about the differences between what they do and what Producers do.
They told me that in its most basic form, producers create the project and production managers see to it that it comes to life…they make sure it happens. They have a more organizational role. There is so much more to it, but I am interested more in producing from these descriptions, but you never know.
One of the prod. Managers I was speaking with talked to me about helping with the concert series that comes through there once I told her what I would want to work on or what I was interested in. To me, I have the rest of my life to write about serious, hard news. Right now, I really enjoy soft news and connecting with viewers in that demographic.
I do love that now, as a journalist, you have to do it all. You plan, write, do lighting, sound, edit, EVERYTHING. While it takes more work , it is nice to have that kind of control over your vision.
Something else I love is that tomorrow is a new day…seriously. You can have a segment on this or that, but tomorrow is going to flip you over and fry you another way.
I love everything about what I do. This is just a breathless experience.
I miss my husband dearly, but he will be visiting in Feb. so that will refill my love tank and put the air in my lungs again. He is the most supportive person and my whole family just rocks.
I’m constantly wondering if Jen is going into labor. Missing my Mom and Dad’s company or wondering how Amanda is doing in school, what gma is up to…what My Aunt Lisa and Uncle Ladd are doing…
With such an amazing family and constant support from the Idaho Youth Ranch and my family there, it is hard to ever look up and feel like no one is thinking about you;)
Wow! I thought this blog would be easy to maintain and it is not right now;) Everything is absolutely thrilling here. I know I keep writing that and maybe that’s why I haven’t really been writing a lot, because it hasn’t changed.
The segment I helped with on Bret Michaels and Rock of Love aired Tuesday and it was so nice to be able to see a project all the way through again. The producer I work with is just amazing in every way and I look up to her very, very, very much.
Today I was in the control room for a bit helping to plan out some segments and things going on over the rest of the week. I also was able to talk to a couple of really great Prodcution Managers. They took the time to sit with me and talk to me about the differences between what they do and what Producers do.
They told me that in its most basic form, producers create the project and production managers see to it that it comes to life…they make sure it happens. They have a more organizational role. There is so much more to it, but I am interested more in producing from these descriptions, but you never know.
One of the prod. Managers I was speaking with talked to me about helping with the concert series that comes through there once I told her what I would want to work on or what I was interested in. To me, I have the rest of my life to write about serious, hard news. Right now, I really enjoy soft news and connecting with viewers in that demographic.
I do love that now, as a journalist, you have to do it all. You plan, write, do lighting, sound, edit, EVERYTHING. While it takes more work , it is nice to have that kind of control over your vision.
Something else I love is that tomorrow is a new day…seriously. You can have a segment on this or that, but tomorrow is going to flip you over and fry you another way.
I love everything about what I do. This is just a breathless experience.
I miss my husband dearly, but he will be visiting in Feb. so that will refill my love tank and put the air in my lungs again. He is the most supportive person and my whole family just rocks.
I’m constantly wondering if Jen is going into labor. Missing my Mom and Dad’s company or wondering how Amanda is doing in school, what gma is up to…what My Aunt Lisa and Uncle Ladd are doing…
With such an amazing family and constant support from the Idaho Youth Ranch and my family there, it is hard to ever look up and feel like no one is thinking about you;)
Saturday, January 10, 2009
This last week
Ok, I could've sworn that I'd written something here. Ok, so, this last week has been the most amazing experience ever. My first day I was asked to work on a couple of assignments and to help in so many different places, it was amazing. There are much fewer interns than I expected and I have been able to reap the benefits of that and stay soooooooooooooo busy. I love this industry for that reason. I have worked 12 hour days and it only feels like I'm working 5 or 6. I love NBC, they are an amazing company and I just can't believe all of the fun I am having. Due to confidentiality reasons, I cannot talk about what I am doing until it airs, but I have been really involved in a lot and all of the producers are AMAZING and so smart, so smart. This last week Stacy London on the show and I was involved with that segment in helping the producer in a lot of different ways. I know I already said it, but the producers on this show are absolutely top notch!
I was asked this next week to help out with 30 Rock next week and am flipping out! Sooooo, in a nut shell I am in love with NYC and my roommates are amazing and the area in fantastic, so all I am missing is my husband, family and friends! =)
I was asked this next week to help out with 30 Rock next week and am flipping out! Sooooo, in a nut shell I am in love with NYC and my roommates are amazing and the area in fantastic, so all I am missing is my husband, family and friends! =)
Monday, January 5, 2009
Another day in NYC
January 6, 2008
Well, last night was my first night with my roommates. We stayed up until midnight talking and getting to know each other, which was really fun. I wasn’t sure how I was going to be able to handle living with other people and not really having my own space (as I share a bedroom as well), but it really isn’t that bad. The girls are awesome! Natalie is my room roommateJ She went to broadcasting school is Maryland and then went on to work at Access Hollywood and CBS. She also decided to go back to school to get her Masters and while doing that taught in one of the toughest neighborhoods out here in the Bronx… so now she is also writing a book about it.
Melissa is the cutest ever! She came up here from Utah in April of last year as an advertising intern and after she finished, was offered a job and has been here ever since. They both are just such really nice girls and I think we are all going to have a lot of fun together.
The brownstone is adorable. It is really a comfy place and feels very safe. Today is my dad’s last day here and we are going to take the subway down to 30 Rock again…taking the B train.
Yesterday we went to the Statue of Liberty. It was just beautiful and interestingly, her back right foot is lifted up as if reaching higher and higher into the sky. It was really remarkable to see a sight that so many have seen and that symbolizes so much to so many.
Next, we went to Ellis Island, again, just a really neat place…full of history. Another interesting feeling that comes about when you stand in a place that means so much to so many and to our country. After that I came back and took the train ALL THE WAY up to my stop by my house. This really has been an amazing couple of days and even though it is so real to me that I am alone up here, really alone, those feelings are subsided by the excitement of such a wonderful city and opportunity.
I really, really, really miss my husband and family. It is so odd not being with them. I miss my puppies too. Right now is hard because I haven’t started work yet, hopefully when I am working and living out my dream this will get easier.
I have received a lot of emails, phone calls, and messages from so many people, it is such a great feeling to know that people care=)
Well, tomorrow is the big day and I couldn’t possibly describe the feeling.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Me in NYC
Well, I didn’t have internet access when I first got here, but I remember it all clearly! I stepped off the plane, took a deep breath as I stretched my fingertips out and opened up my heart to this wonderful city.The first thing to touch my nose was the smell of people. All kinds of smells…not bad, just an abundance of smells (I noticed this heightened once in a taxi…like times 10!)
I came into the city at the perfect time…around the time it was getting dark and it was just beautiful. I couldn’t take it all in at once, it was in pieces over the last couple of days that I have only begun to take in the blocks of NYC. The people who live here or around here don’t refer to Manhattan as “Manhattan,” but the City. I heard this last night while spending some wonderful time with Sarah, a Producer at NBC and my friend here in the city.
The first night, I went to a small market that had really exotic foods and I must have hit it around rush hour. It was ridiculous. I didn’t know what I was doing and I really was trying my best to blend in. I got up to the counter to check out and the guy behind the register was saying something to me and I couldn’t really understand him, so he said it again, but much louder…I didn’t take my items out of my shopping cart…you have to do that.
So, the next day I got up and went to the Museum of Natural History…AMAZING! Lots of people there at 10, when they opened, but what a cool place. You could really spend days in there, my favorite part was the ocean life and the dinosaurs. I still had so much that I wanted to see of NYC, so after 4 hours and 4 floors, I ventured onward.
Later that day, I went to the subway and bought my first METROCARD. Very cool…unless you are me and don’t know how to use it. ;)
Swear…I got up to go through and ran my card through and the turn thing wouldn’t let me go. I noticed a guy walk up next to me on my left and just go through without swiping his card. So I did it again…this time a lady came through without swiping?????? Finally a woman came over to me and politely told me that I needed to swipe my card on the right to go through. Therefore, I have donated 2 subway rides thus far. Look at me being so generous…
Once I figured that out, I got on the subway and took it to Penn Station, which is HUGE. When I got off, the place was packed with people and there were so many stairs everywhere, I panicked. However, I put my head down and went for it. Going with the crowds, I made my way up to the streets and continued on to the Empire State Building, which was my destination choice. ***NOTE: This is a touristy weekend; therefore, there was a MASSIVE amount of excess people at all of the sight-seeing places. I literally waited in line for about 30 minutes to get to the top and see (which was worth every minute), but what made me laugh was the amount of time I was in line to COME DOWN. Almost the same amount was spent in line.
Later that night, I went to Sarah’s place for dinner. She made soup and I got to meet Walt, her boyfriend. We went to some really wonderful places that night. We got to go to this place named Rodolfo’s??? I might be wrong, but it was this place that decorated their whole restaurant with Christmas décor….literally every square inch. It was just really cool. A lot of the places you can go to here have so much charm and are so unique! ;)
Today was another amazing day.
Although, I must say, the weather here is insane. The cold is so much different here…it is gnarly.
I got up with the intent to take the subway to 30 Rock…funny, it seems the subway and I am going to have some lovely run-ins.
Anyways, my intent was to take the B to 30 Rock, because it goes right underneath it, but the B was down so I had to take either the A or the D and then change trains and take different one….anyways, you get the point, it was confusing. I ended up taking the D to 59th/Columbus Circle and then just walking over to Rockefeller Plaza.
Again, probably one of the most beautiful buildings. Just because it is where I am going and have always wanted to go. Just took my breath away. It was kind of scary too, but without fear, we have no room to grow. Still people everywhere. I got to see the Christmas tree and the skating rink, but there were just so many people, it was hard to really see.
I then, proceeded down to Times Square…you would think that the number of people at 30 Rock would’ve given me a clue to turn around and come back, but I am stubborn. I went over and saw all of the lights and it just really felt like a piece of the city that you see in the movies…loads of people everywhere and taxis’ honking at each other and people just hustling around….shopping bags all about.
WOW!
Let’s talk about St. Patrick’s Cathedral! It is the largest church in the United States and the 3rd largest in the world. What can I even say about this place? Phenomenal. It was probably one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. It has a very gothic architecture to it, which IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE! I was completely drawn in with my mouth just open. It is hard to describe and pictures don’t do it justice, but simply breath-taking.
I must say, that I took the subway back and really did feel some relief, when I stepped off the subway into (what I consider to be) my quiet little block. People were slower here, but still on a mission to get somewhere. The city is rough, but honest. The people are genuine here, which I appreciate. It is just like anywhere else in the world, where you have a mixture of people and cultures, except really heightened.
One of my favorite parts about being here is enjoying the diversity here. I absolutely love it. The city is so different depending on where you are. All of the neighborhoods have their own feel, people, shops, and air. I was worried that I wouldn’t fit in here, that I would stick out, but that is very hard to do in a place that includes people of all different kinds.
Later that day, I went to the subway and bought my first METROCARD. Very cool…unless you are me and don’t know how to use it. ;)
Swear…I got up to go through and ran my card through and the turn thing wouldn’t let me go. I noticed a guy walk up next to me on my left and just go through without swiping his card. So I did it again…this time a lady came through without swiping?????? Finally a woman came over to me and politely told me that I needed to swipe my card on the right to go through. Therefore, I have donated 2 subway rides thus far. Look at me being so generous…
Once I figured that out, I got on the subway and took it to Penn Station, which is HUGE. When I got off, the place was packed with people and there were so many stairs everywhere, I panicked. However, I put my head down and went for it. Going with the crowds, I made my way up to the streets and continued on to the Empire State Building, which was my destination choice. ***NOTE: This is a touristy weekend; therefore, there was a MASSIVE amount of excess people at all of the sight-seeing places. I literally waited in line for about 30 minutes to get to the top and see (which was worth every minute), but what made me laugh was the amount of time I was in line to COME DOWN. Almost the same amount was spent in line.
Later that night, I went to Sarah’s place for dinner. She made soup and I got to meet Walt, her boyfriend. We went to some really wonderful places that night. We got to go to this place named Rodolfo’s??? I might be wrong, but it was this place that decorated their whole restaurant with Christmas décor….literally every square inch. It was just really cool. A lot of the places you can go to here have so much charm and are so unique! ;)
Today was another amazing day.
Although, I must say, the weather here is insane. The cold is so much different here…it is gnarly.
I got up with the intent to take the subway to 30 Rock…funny, it seems the subway and I am going to have some lovely run-ins.
Anyways, my intent was to take the B to 30 Rock, because it goes right underneath it, but the B was down so I had to take either the A or the D and then change trains and take different one….anyways, you get the point, it was confusing. I ended up taking the D to 59th/Columbus Circle and then just walking over to Rockefeller Plaza.
Again, probably one of the most beautiful buildings. Just because it is where I am going and have always wanted to go. Just took my breath away. It was kind of scary too, but without fear, we have no room to grow. Still people everywhere. I got to see the Christmas tree and the skating rink, but there were just so many people, it was hard to really see.
I then, proceeded down to Times Square…you would think that the number of people at 30 Rock would’ve given me a clue to turn around and come back, but I am stubborn. I went over and saw all of the lights and it just really felt like a piece of the city that you see in the movies…loads of people everywhere and taxis’ honking at each other and people just hustling around….shopping bags all about.
WOW!
Let’s talk about St. Patrick’s Cathedral! It is the largest church in the United States and the 3rd largest in the world. What can I even say about this place? Phenomenal. It was probably one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. It has a very gothic architecture to it, which IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE! I was completely drawn in with my mouth just open. It is hard to describe and pictures don’t do it justice, but simply breath-taking.
I must say, that I took the subway back and really did feel some relief, when I stepped off the subway into (what I consider to be) my quiet little block. People were slower here, but still on a mission to get somewhere. The city is rough, but honest. The people are genuine here, which I appreciate. It is just like anywhere else in the world, where you have a mixture of people and cultures, except really heightened.
One of my favorite parts about being here is enjoying the diversity here. I absolutely love it. The city is so different depending on where you are. All of the neighborhoods have their own feel, people, shops, and air. I was worried that I wouldn’t fit in here, that I would stick out, but that is very hard to do in a place that includes people of all different kinds.
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